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Contemplate, an annual collection of secular Jewish writing from around the world, is published by the Center for Cultural Judaism. Past issues have featured essays, review, and interviews with a host of scholars and authors, from Amos Oz and Robert Pinsky to Grace Paley, Rebecca Goldstein, Susan Jacoby, Jonathan Sarna, and A.B. Yehoshua.
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Jonathan Sarna
Brandeis historian Jonathan Sarna moves from a survey of the past to the present and a view of the current secular Jewish renaissance.
Caryn Aviv and David Shneer
Scholars from the University of Denver, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer argue that the concept of "Diaspora" is now obsolete.
Yigal Lossin
Yigal Lossin takes up the question whether Heinrich Heine was the first modern secular Jew.
Diana Pinto
Diana Pinto discusses the challenges and future options facing Europe's Jews.
Jesse Tisch
Rebecca Goldstein, author of Betraying Spinoza shares her views on the influence of Benedict Spinoza on the secular nation-state in a wide-ranging interview.
Yaacov Malkin
Contemplate presents the next installment of the English-language translation of God and Other Literary Characters in which Yaakov Malkin explores the development of God as a literary protagonist with a human character.
Barry Kosmin & Ariela Keysar
Demographics among American adults clearly point to a significant increase in secularity, according to research by Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar.
Yehuda Amichai
From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press.
Yehuda Amichai
From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press.
Ron Margolin, Sarah Pessin
Two scholars, Ron Margolin and Sarah Pessin, present their opinions on the secular aspects of Buber's philosophy.
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